Bret Tallent

Bret Tallent (1960 - ) grew up in the southwestern United States where he gained an appreciation for the Native people's culture and traditions. He has since lived all over the country, but now resides in Arizona with his wife and family. While Bret has written poetry and non-fiction, his true love is classic horror.

Bret's first novel, "The Winter People," began in 1986. However, as so often happens, life got in the way. Over the course of the next 20 years Bret continued to work on it until the digital publishing age drove him to finally finish it. While there is little in the way of proper editing, and the book itself could stand some revision, the bulk of the reviews it has received have been very good. The story itself is intriguing, and the characters are well developed.

The relative success of his first attempt has encouraged Bret to continue with his writing, and his growth as a writer is clearly evident in his second book, "Creepers." Bret is currently working on several other books, but hopes to go back to "The Winter People" to give it the revisions and editing he feels it deserves.

Creepers

Horror

In the Deep South, where violence and racism is a way of life, terror grips the tiny community of Lusaoka Mississippi. Deep in the heart of the Homochitto National Forest, people and animals are disappearing without rhyme or reason. In the oppressive heat of summer, someone or something is stalking the woods, searching for another victim. Racial tensions are running high as a heartless killer creeps into homes in the dead of night, carrying away the unsuspecting, and leaving behind strange clues and little else. Amid the tensions of a town at its boiling point, a lowly deputy, a student, and a preacher unravel a mystery that will change them forever.

‘Creepers’ delves into a part of the country desperate with poverty, and where many people are still fighting the Civil War. The residents of this community soon find they have more to fear than the color of someone’s skin, or old hatreds never forgotten. They soon find that true evil is indiscriminate, and true terror knows no boundaries.

The Winter People

HorrorThe Winter People talk in the wind and torment you in your dreams. They call an enormous blizzard to their aid and fall upon the tiny mountain town of Copper Creek. The residents and visitors of this quaint village have more to fear than the raging blizzard that has cut off their town from the rest of the world. They have more to fear than the nightmares they can't quite remember in the morning. The Winter People have come to feed.

This is a fast paced heart pounding fear-fest. It follows the lives of a small group trying to survive the greatest horror they have ever known. And an enemy like no other on earth.